WhatWeb: Next generation web scanner (6.9k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
>Next generation web scanner
Features:
- Over 1800 plugins
- Control the trade off between speed/stealth and reliability
- Performance tuning. Control how many websites to scan concurrently with automatic output optimization.
- Multiple log formats: Brief (greppable), Verbose (human readable), XML, JSON, MagicTree, RubyObject, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, SQL.
- Proxy support including TOR
- Custom plugins defined on the command line
- IDN (International Domain Name) support
- Dual-protocol scanning for simple hostnames (automatically tests both HTTP and HTTPS)
>WhatWeb identifies websites. Its goal is to answer the question, "What is that Website?".
Repository
urbanadventurer/WhatWeb
Repository stats
|Metric|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Stars|6,928|
|Forks|1.0k|
|Last release|v0.6.4 (2026-04-02)|
|Languages|Ruby 99.1%, Other 0.9%|
|Contributors|54|
|AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None|
|AI co-authored commits|None|
Main contributor
|Field|Value|
|:-|:-|
|GitHub|@bcoles|
|Commits to this repo|3,328 (top contributor)|
|Followers|1.1k|
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WhatWeb: Next generation web scanner (6.9k stars) What it does All text below is quoted directly from the project README. >Next generation web scanner Features: - Over 1800 plugins - Control the trade off between speed/stealth and reliability - Performance tuning. Control how many websites to scan concurrently with automatic output optimization. - Multiple log formats: Brief (greppable), Verbose (human readable), XML, JSON, MagicTree, RubyObject, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, SQL. - Proxy support including TOR - Custom plugins defined on the command line - IDN (International Domain Name) support - Dual-protocol scanning for simple hostnames (automatically tests both HTTP and HTTPS) >WhatWeb identifies websites. Its goal is to answer the question, "What is that Website?". Repository urbanadventurer/WhatWeb Repository stats |Metric|Value| |:-|:-| |Stars|6,928| |Forks|1.0k| |Last release|v0.6.4 (2026-04-02)| |Languages|Ruby 99.1%, Other 0.9%| |Contributors|54| |AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None| |AI co-authored commits|None| Main contributor |Field|Value| |:-|:-| |GitHub|@bcoles| |Commits to this repo|3,328 (top contributor)| |Followers|1.1k| ────────────────────────────── 📌 How many great GitHub repos have you discovered and completely forgotten about? Don't let another useful tool disappear into your Reddit feed. Get the community's best repos, organized by category, plus key takeaways from real developer discussions, delivered to your inbox twice a week. 📬 Never lose track of great repos again. Subscribe free.